I had an accident and damaged the front on the passenger side of my car. I had the OEM oil cooler and it was damaged. I decided to take the chance and upgrade to the Dinan Oil Cooler.

It appears I'm missing the bracket to connect the oil cooler to the car. It appears like I need to disconnect the bracket from the OEM oil cooler and use that with the Dinan Oil Cooler. Unfortunately that was damaged.

I had an accident and damaged the front on the passenger side of my car. I had the OEM oil cooler and it was damaged. I decided to take the chance and upgrade to the Dinan Oil Cooler.

It appears I'm missing the bracket to connect the oil cooler to the car. It appears like I need to disconnect the bracket from the OEM oil cooler and use that with the Dinan Oil Cooler. Unfortunately that was damaged.

Do I need to purchase another oil cooler simply to use its bracket?

Thanks!

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I'm sure you should be able to get the bracket by itself...that would be completely absurd if you can to purchase a whole new oil cooler just for a bracket. If so...see if there are any e90post members who might have their old oil coolers with brackets laying around...a lot of people have had to change them here...

I'm not sure which bracket you are referring to. There are two that are used, one is vertical and has two studs. The other is an aluminum bracket that crosses the top and connects to the side of the frame rail.

It's sounds like you are looking for the aluminum bracket. If so you are in luck as you can make it fairly easily with aluminum if needed. In fact I found I needed to modify the oem one to fit the aftermarket cooler (an btw, the VKM and Dinan use the same mounting bracket) as it is not long enough and binds with the upper oil line.

I'm not sure which bracket you are referring to. There are two that are used, one is vertical and has two studs. The other is an aluminum bracket that crosses the top and connects to the side of the frame rail.

It's sounds like you are looking for the aluminum bracket. If so you are in luck as you can make it fairly easily with aluminum if needed. In fact I found I needed to modify the oem one to fit the aftermarket cooler (an btw, the VKM and Dinan use the same mounting bracket) as it is not long enough and binds with the upper oil line.